Cello; Piano
Accompaniment (Cello Part
And Piano Score)
SKU:
HL.284546
Cello
and Piano Version.
Composed by Kevin Volans.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Softcover.
Chester Music #CH86372 .
Published by Chester
Music (HL.284546).
For Bob is
arranged for Cello and
Piano. First performed by
Elisabeth Smalt and Kevin
Volans, London 2016.
Composers Note: I have no
idea where this piece
came from and how it is
structured. But before
and after I wrote it I
was nagged by the
question: what does the
viola have to do with the
piano? Did this
combination evolve by
unfortunate accident? The
viola was perfected in
the 18th century. Its
natural metier is
(private) chamber music.
The piano on the other
hand kept growing and
blossomed in the 19th
century as the ultimate
public instrument. If the
piano is to play with the
viola, it has to rein
back its power and pose
as an accompanist. Maybe
a third instrument,
perhaps from the 20th
century, is needed to
mediate between these two
very different sound
worlds. So whenwe play
this 'trio' with 2
instruments I invite the
listener to mentally add
the silent part(ner). -
Kevin Volans.